I would like to source a 14.5/.7 skinny barrel with front sight tower. I have one with a 1/12 twist and I would like a 1/7. Looking for something close to a Canadian C8 carbine, I have a A1 upper with FA and deflector.
I would like to source a 14.5/.7 skinny barrel with front sight tower. I have one with a 1/12 twist and I would like a 1/7. Looking for something close to a Canadian C8 carbine, I have a A1 upper with FA and deflector.
http://www.gmriflebarrel.com/gm-m29-...ato-1-7-twist/
http://www.gmriflebarrel.com/gm-m61-...encil-profile/
http://www.gmriflebarrel.com/gm-m62-...encil-profile/
You'll have to get a FSB pinned though.
Not a clue about this other than it meets all your wants except .750" gas block journal.
https://retrorifles.com/14-5-inch-pe...ne-barrel-625/
I would have swore Daniel Defense had 14.5" light weight/.750" barrels with FSB option in the last couple of years, but not seeing it today.
What you have is the start of a Model 723 clone. The Colt Canada C8 Carbine is a modified license-produced version of the US Colt Model 723 carbine. Early 723s had M16A1 type upper receivers with 14.5" pencil profile (A1) barrels. Later 723s had the M16A1E1/C7 type upper receivers with 14.5" gov't profile barrels with M203 cuts. Later production C8s were fitted with a Picatinny-type rail on top of the receiver for attachment BUISs or for mounting a detachable carrying handle like the Colt M4s.
Here are my two 723 clones for reference.
Early
Late
"A Bad Day At The Range Is Better Than A Great Day Working"
USMC Force Recon 1978-1984
US Air Force Res. 1995-2004 (Air Transportation)
M16/AR15 shooter since 1978, gun collector and AR builder since 2004
What you have is the start of a Model 723 clone. The Colt Canada C8 Carbine is a modified license-produced version of the US Colt Model 723 carbine. Early 723s had M16A1 type upper receivers with 14.5" pencil profile (A1) barrels. Later 723s had the M16A1E1/C7 type upper receivers with 14.5" gov't profile barrels with M203 cuts. Later production C8s were fitted with a Picatinny-type rail on top of the receiver for attachment BUISs or for mounting a detachable carrying handle like the Colt M4s.
Here are my two 723 clones for reference.
Early
Late
"A Bad Day At The Range Is Better Than A Great Day Working"
USMC Force Recon 1978-1984
US Air Force Res. 1995-2004 (Air Transportation)
M16/AR15 shooter since 1978, gun collector and AR builder since 2004
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I got mine in 2015 IIRC. I stopped seeing them for sale not long after.
Being CHF and having a .750 gas block journal, they aren't a bad choice for an early C8 clone, although they lack the distinctive flare just behind the muzzle that C8 barrels have.
I was going to have an FSB pinned on mine and pair it with a Colt C7 upper to make a C8 clone but never ended up following through with that particular build.
Thank you all. Renegade, the later 723 looks doable for me since I already have a Colt 16" government barrel. Right now it's attached to a Colt flattop upper so what I might do is get a DD 16" skinny mid-gas barrel for the Colt upper and swap the Colt barrel to the A1 type upper and get some of the skinny handguards I see on yours. I have one of the early Colt plastic buttstocks too.
Fulton Armory and Windham both have the correct "C7" style uppers available *with* M4 feedramps as an option, which will match up with the ramps in your barrel extension.
Although an upper without the ramps will also work with an M4 ramped barrel extension. (Not the case for the reverse however).
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